Release Date Announced for ‘Borderlands’ Film Adaptation
After much anticipation, the release date for the Borderlands movie has been announced. As per a tweet shared by the game’s official Twitter account, the film is set to hit theaters on August 9th, 2024.
Directed by Eli Roth (best known for Hostel), the film is based on the popular video game of the same name. Borderlands follows Lilith (Cate Blanchett), a treasure hunter who returns to her home planet of Pandora (not related to Avatar). He teams up with Roland (Kevin Hart), Tiny Tina (Arian Greenblatt), Krieg (Florian Munteanu), Tannis (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Claptrap (Jack Black) to find Atlas’ missing daughter.
The first look was released last year, although there is no official trailer yet. It is strange that they have decided to announce the release date of the movie after more than a year. What makes it even weirder is that the shooting of the film had reportedly ended more than two years ago in June 2021.
Delays for movies based on video games seem to be more and more common. The Uncharted movie was delayed several months from its original release date. And when it was released, the film received mixed reviews, including ReturnByte’s Devindra Hardawar, who said that the Uncharted movie “doesn’t go anywhere boldly”. Also Super Mario Bros. -the release of the film was delayed. However, this movie set box office records for a video game movie. Barring further delays, fans should expect to see Borderlands in theaters next year.
